Let's Check in With Meb Keflezighi, Who's Bound for NYC

Keflezighi won the 2009 ING New York City Marathon, becoming the first American winner of the race since Alberto Salazar in 1982, and he'll back in the five boroughs to try again on November 6. He did

take first at the Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon in 1:02:17 on October 2. In the video at "More," we can see Keflezighi in California, gliding through a brisk 12-mile run on a high plateau in the Sierras, paced by a bicycle-riding chap named Dirk. Keflezighi looks quite fit and ready to try for NYC title #2, and when the run is over, the limber and still lively Olympic silver medalist does flexibility exercises while a prostrate Dirk seems exhausted. Then Meb takes an ice bath, and then he chows down on a healthy and scrumptious-looking meal that made me hungry. And then, of course, in the right margin, there's access to a slew of other Meb Keflezighi videos, including one in which his daughters sing him "Happy Birthday." It's Mebapaloooza! (photo of Meb Keflezighi by Jeff Dengate)More

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